African Studies Centre

May 21 2021 93 ep. 47 mins 2.8k

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The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Africa. In every Faculty and Division across the University there are active research programmes focused on the continent. The African Studies Centre, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Africa. Alongside the vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc in African Studies, inaugurated in 2006, is already recognised as Europe's most prestigious and successful training programme in its field.

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The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar

May 21 2021 44 mins

In this seminar we hosted Antonia Witt of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. Their lecture is titled The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar.

The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands

Mar 12 2021 53 mins

In this seminar we hosted David Anderson of Warwick University as he presented on "The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands".

Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs

Mar 05 2021 34 mins

In this seminar we hosted Professor Francis Nyamnjoh as he presented his lecture titled Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs.

The Intimate State: Teachers as Fault Line Between Repression and Revolution

Feb 24 2021 52 mins

In this seminar we hosted Jennifer Riggan as she gave a lecture entitled: The Intimate State: Teachers as Fault Line Between Repression and Revolution

An Expatriate Family in the Nigerian Civil War (Book Presentation and Discussion)

Feb 11 2021 40 mins

In this podcast we hear from Selina Molteno, Publisher, Oxford & Robin Cohen, Senior Research Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford, as they discuss their lecture titled An Expatriate Family in the Nigerian Civil War.

Anusocratie? Freemasonry, Sexual Transgression and Illicit Enrichment in Postcolonial Africa

Feb 04 2021 57 mins

In this seminar, Rogers Orock (University of Witwatersrand) and Peter Geschiere (University of Amsterdam) jointly provide a lecture titled: Anusocratie? Freemasonry, Sexual Transgression and Illicit Enrichment in Postcolonial Africa.

Colonial encounters in Acholiland and Oxford: The Anthropology of F.K.Girling and Okot p'Bitek

Nov 30 2020 61 mins

For this podcast, we co-hosted Tim Allen of LSE with Oxford's Anthropology Department. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Presidential Campaigns stops in Ghana

Nov 19 2020 46 mins

For this seminar we hosted George Bob-Milliar (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology). Professor Bob-Milliar's lecture is titled Presidential Campaigns stops in Ghana.

Somali Kinship and Bureaucratic Governance at Dagahaley Refugee Camp in Kenya

Nov 05 2020 42 mins

For this seminar we hosted Fred Ikanda from Maseno University. Professor Ikanda's spoke about his research and fieldwork experiences with the Dagahaley Refugee Camp. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation

Oct 23 2020 55 mins

For this seminar today we hosted Kwasi Konadu (Colgate University). Professor Konadu, Colgate University, spoke about his book, Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation.